Chandigarh, February 10 British Labour Party MP Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi on Wednesday expressed concern over the arrest of labour rights activist Nodeep Kaur over the farmers’ agitation, saying the abuse of peaceful protest activists, especially women, is an affront to democracy and civilised society. “Alarmed to learn of sexual assaultRead More

Chandigarh, February 10 The Punjab and Haryana High Court has held that a Muslim girl who is less than 18 years old but has attained puberty is free to marry anyone as per the Muslim Personal Law. A bench of Justice Alka Sarin gave the verdict relying on various courtRead More

Kabul, February 10 A chain of bomb explosions targeting Kabul police on Wednesday killed a district police chief and his bodyguard, and also wounded five people, officials said. No one immediately claimed responsibility for the blasts, which were all caused by so-called sticky bombs, explosive devices attached to vehicles thatRead More

New Delhi, February 10 Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said the road to fighting climate change was through climate justice and called for giving developing countries enough space to grow. Addressing the World Sustainable Development Summit (WSDS), Modi said two things would define how the progress journey of humanityRead More

New Delhi, February 10 Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday received a call from his Canadian counterpart Justin Trudeau. “Assured him that India would do its best to facilitate supplies of Covid vaccines sought by Canada. We also agreed to continue collaborating on other important issues like Climate Change andRead More

People in Alberta, Quebec and Nova Scotia will see some COVID-19 restrictions lifted Monday, while students in more than a dozen public health regions in Ontario who had been learning remotely will venture back into the classroom. Quebec is again allowing non-essential businesses, including personal care businesses like hair salons,Read More

New Delhi, February 8 Farmer unions agitating against the three agri laws on Monday asked the government to fix a date for the next round of talks, soon after Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged them to end their stir and invited them to resume the dialogue. They, however, objected toRead More

Bathinda, February 7 Members of farmer unions, Khet Mazdoor Union and Association for Democratic Rights in the state have raised pitch for the release of labour rights activist Nodeep Kaur, who was arrested on January 12 by the Haryana Police near the Singhu border for protesting against a firm. SheRead More

London, February 8 There is no evidence that the Astrazeneca vaccine does not prevent death or serious illness, and South Africa has only imposed a temporary halt on using the vaccine, a British junior health minister said on Monday. South Africa will put on hold use of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 shotRead More

New Delhi, February 8 Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday appealed to agitating farmers to give the new farm laws a chance and see if these laws bring a positive change to their lives. “If there is any drawback in the laws, these would be corrected. If there is aRead More